Satyam Computer founder B Ramalinga Raju may have left the company in the lurch but many are having a laugh at his expense.
Satyam Computer founder B Ramalinga Raju may have left the company after disclosing India's biggest ever corporate fraud, leaving thousands of employees, lakhs of shareholders and hundreds of customers in lurch but many are having a good laugh at his expense.
From parodies of nursery rhymes to funny SMSes, chain-mails and cartoons, everthing is full of jokes lampooning Raju. While some are saying that 'Satyamisation' has become a synonym for inflating profits, others finding it tough to get a job because of bad reputation of their employers are feeling 'Satyamised'.
The popular nursery rhyme, 'Johnny, Johnny, Yes Papa' has made way for "Raju Raju, Yes Baba, Cheating us, No Baba, Telling Lies, No Baba, Open your accounts, Ha Ha Ha".
Another rhyme, 'Humpty Dumpty, sat on a wall" has been popularised even more with its Raju version: "Raju Raju sat up on the wall, Raju Raju had a great fall, Balance sheet died, shareholders cried, Raju Raju made a big fraud."
An SMS doing the rounds has a new full-form for Satyam: 'Stealing And Transferring Your All Money'.
One message makes fun of film-maker Ram Gopal Verma preparing to make a movie on the Satyam saga: It goes on to say that Varma, who was sighted inside Taj Hotel, Mumbai, after terror attacks there, was seen at Satyam headquarters in Hyderabad last week.
An age-old TV commercial of a toothpaste has also been pulled out due to a Rajuconnection. In its new avatar Masterji says, "Raju tumhare daant toh motiyo se chamak rahe hain? (Raju, your teeth are sparkling like pearls), to which Raju replies "Chamke kyu na? maine apni hi company ka paisa jo khaaya hai (Why wont they sparkle, I have gobbled up my own firm's money).
A cartoon has a building resembling the Satyam office and named 'Raju Da Dhaba', with an asterix marked to "Our only competitor is Enron".
The building has a board in front of it, detailing 'Today's Special'. This include 'Eggsagerated Hyderabadi Biryani, Inflated Omelette, Overstated Receivable Samosa, Understated Chicken Tangri, Interestless Butter Naan and More Debt Pakora.'
It also has the name of 'Chief C(r)ook as Raju Bhai, Chief Food Taster as SpiceWater Inc and licence has been renewed by Dependent Directors'.
Ever since the disclosure of financial fraud at Satyam on January 7, there has been a flooding of internet message boards with postings ridiculing Raju. In one of the polls being conducted at a message board on Orkut, the social networking website of Google, about 80 per cent voted in favour of criminal proceedings to be adopted against Raju.
Further, on another networking and micro blogging site Twitter, comments like,"Main Hoon Scam, Main Hoon Scam, Main Hoon, Main Hoon, Raju Scam...," "Daaku, oye raju fraud na kariyo...market doob jata hai," and "Satyam Facts: Rise, rise
and fall."
Other comments, like "Raj Raju Ramalinga, Tara ram pam pam," "Paison ne bulwaya, Hazir hun mein aya," "Hun Scammers ka Scam, akal ka dushman," are being floated on the websites.
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